Birthday Honours 2017
Alison Lowe MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
“For services to the Fashion Industry.”
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London Gazette notice
Order of the British Empire
Civil Division
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood
St. James’s Palace, London SW1
17 June 2017
THE QUEEN has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration of Her Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following promotions in, and appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire:
M.B.E.
To be Ordinary Members of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent Order:
Ms Alison Jayne LOWE
For services to the Fashion Industry.
Source: The London Gazette, issue 61961 · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0
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“For services to the Fashion Industry.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 543 times in the Birthday Honours List 2017 — about 39% of the list.
How widely is this recognised?
4,039 people have been recognised for Arts & Culture.
Counts reflect the 2000–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours 2017
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Londonderry
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Alan Stanfield
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Nairn
“For services to Curling.”
Alan Stannah
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West Sussex
“For services to British Manufacturing.”
Alan Waltham
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Lincolnshire
“For services to Local Government.”
Alberta Waddington
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West Midlands
“For services to the community in the West Midlands.”
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Armagh
“For services to Local Government and the community in Northern Ireland.”
Alfred Reoch
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Alison Falcon
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Alison Porter
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Somerset
“For services to the Department for Work and Pensions and to the community in Taunton.”
Alison Sykes
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South Yorkshire
“For services to Troubled Families in Dearne, South Yorkshire.”
Alun Maddox
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Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
“For services to charity and Education.”
Alyson Hogg
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Antrim
“For services to Economic Development in Northern Ireland.”
Amanda Piper
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Suffolk
“For services to Children and Families.”
Amanda Richardson
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Special Educational Needs.”
Amanda Southwick
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Durham
“For services to Education.”
Amber Hollands
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Ami Jones
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Julia Catherine Donaldson
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Cerys Matthews
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Jonathan Davies
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Mukesh Sharma
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Newtownabbey, County Antrim
“For services to Heritage.”
Alice Coote
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Suffolk
“For services to the Arts.”
Gabrielle Logan
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Buckinghamshire
“For services to Sports Broadcasting and to Charity.”
Daniel Calvert
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Richard Starrs
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Stockton on Tees, North Yorkshire
“For services to Heritage.”
Jennifer Rose-miller
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Nairn, Nairn
“For services to Local Heritage and to the community in Nairnshire.”
Rita Lewis (helen Hopkins)
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Carmarthen, Dyfed
“For services to Music and Music Education.”
Paul Kitching
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Wimborne, Dorset
“For services to Museums and to the community in Tring, Hertfordshire.”
Adam Joolia
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Brighton, East Sussex
“For services to Young People and to Music.”
Julia Jones
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Carmarthenshire, Dyfed
“For services to Music.”
Pauline Hough
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Nantwich, Cheshire
“For services to Theatre and to the community in Nantwich.”
Margaret Irvine
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Birsay, Orkney
“For services to Drama and to the community in Orkney.”
Melanie Houldershaw
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
“For services to Local Theatre and Choir.”
Brian Heald
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Chester, Cheshire
“For services to Music and to the community in Chester, Cheshire.”
Shirley Henderson (shirley Mcgill)
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Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen
“For services to Drama.”
Rex Freeman
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“For services to the Arts and to the community in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.”
James Fraser
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Dunblane, Stirling and Falkirk
“For services to Tourism and Heritage in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.”
John Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Helen Fannon
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Weymouth, Dorset
“For services to Heritage.”
Daniel Crow
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Southampton, Hampshire
“For services to Artists and to Arts and Heritage.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2017
London Gazette (official record), issue 61961, notice 2804760. View the official notice ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (Birthday Honours List 2017).
Published 17 June 2017.
Location (London) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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